Chief facilities officer candidates to visit campus
Three candidates for chief facilities officer will be on the Flagstaff campus over the next few weeks to interview, tour facilities and meet faculty, staff and students during open sessions.

Regents set tuition limit for next year
The Arizona Board of Regents has established a maximum on the tuition and fees the three state universities may request for 2009-10.

Statutes, policies detail limits of political activity
It's only 34 days until the election, and NAU employees should make themselves aware of policies and guidelines related to political activity.

Annual assessment steps up campus safety
More than 130 individuals took a nighttime walk around the Flagstaff campus to help make campus even safer.

‘Inside NAU’ TV explores language,
science and art in latest episode
Learn about African "click" languages and more in the latest 'Inside NAU' TV show.

Bonny Sands points to an ultrasound image on her monitor. Ultrasounds are one way for Sands to examine the movement of the tongue. Photo from Inside NAU television footage

Help learners flourish, attend the
Provost's Speaker Series
The 2008-09 series adheres to its "Transformations in Teaching and Learning" theme by bringing noted educational leaders to campus to discuss novel ways of teaching in a modern society.

The College of Arts and Letters
to take 'stimulating' road trip
The College of Arts and Letters is going on the road with a university learning experience designed for adults.

Keep sending in those pics!
The Inside NAU True Blue web gallery is on hiatus this week but will reappear in next week's edition. E-mail your True Blue photos to inside@nau.edu.

Getting the dirt on soil
research receives NSF funding
Researchers and students at NAU are using DNA techniques to analyze soil and its effects on the environment.

Cosmic campus couple
helps fund new telescope
NAU astronomers, used to peering deep into space, only had to look in their own front yard for funding for a new 20-inch telescope.

Finding funding workshop
Faculty and staff can attend a workshop to identify funding for research, training and other sponsored activities including both online and NAU internal resources. The "Finding Funding" workshop will be offered from 2-4 p.m. Oct. 3, Nov. 13 and Dec. 12. The workshops are free but registration is required. To register, send an e-mail to OGCS@nau.edu.

Congressional candidates to debate tonight
A debate featuring the candidates for Arizona's Congressional District 1 will begin at 7 p.m. today, Oct. 1, in Cline Library Assembly Hall. Scheduled to participate are Republican Sydney Hay, Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick, Independent Brent Maupin and Libertarian Thane Eichenauer.

SPOTLIGHT: Kudos to NAU faculty, staff and students for these recent accomplishments:

• Executive Dean of the College of Health and Human Services Leslie Schulz
• Kathleen M. McGeever, chair of the theater department
• Holly Rowen, a physical therapy graduate student
• Norman Medoff, professor in the School of Communication

Anthrax Case Reopens: Why Did the FBI Let Fort Detrick Scientists ...
Bay Area Indymedia, 10/01/2008

U. Arizona president defends possible $726 tuition increase amid student outcry
Calibre MacroWorld, 10/01/2008

Inspired by the Land—Diana Elder Anderson
Winds of Change, Summer 2008